Delivered today, a PJ productions 1/48 Rafale pilot and kit i've bought with no intentions of building as is. This will donate it's Fenestron tail rotor for a new AH-1Z Viper variant, which is the evolution of the W i've built.
The rest of the kit... i do have some ideas which may turn it into a sci-fi machine...

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Quote from: DogfighterZen on June 11, 2024, 09:46:47 PM. i do have some ideas which may turn it into a sci-fi machine...

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A Troop Carrier Hopper from the Rogue Trooper comic?
The cockpit and engines are in the right place, you just need to make an open-sided rear box and add some wings. 

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Quote from: DogfighterZen on June 11, 2024, 09:46:47 PM. i do have some ideas which may turn it into a sci-fi machine...

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A Troop Carrier Hopper from the Rogue Trooper comic?
The cockpit and engines are in the right place, you just need to make an open-sided rear box and add some wings. 

Not really what i had in mind but it is an interesting idea, will save for later decision. 
I was thinking more of a gunship with bigger engines, maybe in independent pods, and laser cannons and stuff... 

On their way from BNA Model World;

1 x Gecko Models 1/35 WWII British Army Open Cab 30-cwt 4x2 GS Truck (GEC-35GM0071) - For a mid-30's RAM's diorama including this truck, my Vickers Medium Mk.III & a RR Armoured Car (1920's pattern)
1 x Airfix Models 1/35 WWII British Army 30-cwt 4x2 GS Truck (AX01380) - Same truck as above but with an enclosed cab, for something that will come to me later
1 x Reality In Scale 1/35 Food Supplies Vol.5 [2 resin pcs. and decals] (RIS-35236) - To go on my Thunder Models 1/35 LRDG F30 Patrol Truck CMP (TDM-35304) Outback Track diorama
1 x Black Dog 1/35 WWII Universal Boxes Accessories set (BD-T35245) - To go on my Thunder Models 1/35 LRDG F30 Patrol Truck CMP (TDM-35304) Outback Track diorama
1 x Eureka XXL 1/35 Wooden Barrels (EUX-E-009) - To go on my Thunder Models 1/35 LRDG F30 Patrol Truck CMP (TDM-35304) Outback Track diorama
1 x Hauler 1/35 Fuel Barrels (HAU-HLU35083) - To go on my Thunder Models 1/35 LRDG F30 Patrol Truck CMP (TDM-35304) Outback Track diorama
1 x Bronco Models 1/35 British Recce and Signals Light Truck [2 kits] w/Crews [5 figures] (CB35218) - Reduced from AU$74.95 to AU$53.95 then down to AU$29.95, it was another of those "How could I not?" buys that BNA are throwing at me lately

Quote from: Old Wombat on June 12, 2024, 08:55:37 AMOn their way from BNA Model World;

1 x Bronco Models 1/35 British Recce and Signals Light Truck [2 kits] w/Crews [5 figures] (CB35218) - Reduced from AU$74.95 to AU$53.95 then down to AU$29.95, it was another of those "How could I not?" buys that BNA are throwing at me lately

But it's not a Jeep. Or a GP or GPW or BM. Not by Willys nor Ford nor Bantam either.... It just happens to look like one 

Oh, no! Absolutely NOT airborne modified jeeps, in any form or manner! Nope! Never!


  

Brought two models from trademe on Wednesday which are on their way from Australia.
Hobbyboss 1:35 Soviet Su-122-54 Tank Destroyer
And a
Hobbyboss 1:35 Chinese Zbd-04 IFV...both offered at much lower prices than normal...also picked up my Doyusha 1/48 B25-B Mitchell "Doolittle Raid" model which I brought 3 weeks ago..seller was overseas which was all good as he did have that mentioned in the listing.
The only price I could find for this was $119.90 Canadian..so the $45NZ I payed was pretty good 👍 😅
I also grabbed some Evergreen styrene tubing for Renwall 8in SPG barrel..4 packets are needed to be able to make it ..11.1..9.5mm ..8.7 and 7.9 mm 😊

Quote from: Rick Lowe on June 11, 2024, 10:17:05 PMA Troop Carrier Hopper from the Rogue Trooper comic?
The cockpit and engines are in the right place, you just need to make an open-sided rear box and add some wings. 

The Revell RAH-66 Commanche is good for that. The cockpits and canopy aren't overly stepped, just like the Cobra-inspired ones in the comic, and the angles of the sides could be 'reflected' to make the V-section cargo/passenger bay blend in. Add some Seasprite main gear, a generic nose gear, and the ventral turret of your choice and you're good to go.

Slowly acquiring the bits for it you say? Qui moi?   

Went to Hobbycraft this morning, humming a Hawkwind song because I was "In Search Of Sprays"*, and somehow two Mistercraft/KP XFY-1 Pogos were so impressed by my musical taste that they followed me home. Also acquired was some Plasticote Pewter spray paint (Humbrol being utterly unavailable locally, except by order).

Meanwhile, the sole LHS left standing (SMTF in Brookside Garden Centre, Poynton) supplied two tims each of Humbrol Gunmetal and Matt Black, and their last tin of Aluminium.



*I'll be very disappointed if at least one person on here doesn't get that...

Quote from: Weaver on June 13, 2024, 06:01:07 AMWent to Hobbycraft this morning, humming a Hawkwind song because I was "In Search Of Sprays"*,
*I'll be very disappointed if at least one person on here doesn't get that...

Received a small order from the BIG yellow H today.

1 x 1/72 26 Decals STS7222 Raspberry Ripple Jets Pt 2
1 x 1/72 LF Models CM7213 Masks for the Scout/Wasp
1 x 14ml Xtracolor X814 Deep Bronze Green
1 x 14ml Xtracolor X815 British Army Mid Bronze Green

Gondor

Quote from: Weaver on June 13, 2024, 06:01:07 AM...................and somehow two Mistercraft/KP XFY-1 Pogos were so impressed by my musical taste that they followed me home.

Terrible, isn't it? You can't trust ANY kits these days.

Ah, just realised what I'd typed then.       

Further arrivals this afternoon

From eBay

1 x 1/72 MPM Productions 72574 Gloster Meteor Trent "First Turboprop Fighter"

From Fantasy Printshop

1 x 1/72 Euro Decals ED-72116 Gloster Meteor FR. Mk.9 decals

From Wildcat's Models

1 x 1/35 Panzer Art RE35-081 Road Wheels for MBT "Centurion"

Gondor

Quote from: PR19_Kit on June 13, 2024, 07:52:59 AM

Quote from: Weaver on June 13, 2024, 06:01:07 AM...................and somehow two Mistercraft/KP XFY-1 Pogos were so impressed by my musical taste that they followed me home.

Terrible, isn't it? You can't trust ANY kits these days.

Ah, just realised what I'd typed then.       

Well you can't trust these two that much, because although the instructions' illustrations are indeed for the Pogo, all the historical blurb on them is for the MiG-29 Fulcrum...

Quote from: Weaver on June 13, 2024, 05:54:49 AM

Quote from: Rick Lowe on June 11, 2024, 10:17:05 PMA Troop Carrier Hopper from the Rogue Trooper comic?
The cockpit and engines are in the right place, you just need to make an open-sided rear box and add some wings. 

The Revell RAH-66 Commanche is good for that. The cockpits and canopy aren't overly stepped, just like the Cobra-inspired ones in the comic, and the angles of the sides could be 'reflected' to make the V-section cargo/passenger bay blend in. Add some Seasprite main gear, a generic nose gear, and the ventral turret of your choice and you're good to go.

Slowly acquiring the bits for it you say? Qui moi?   

Hmmm, a Comanche, you say? I just so happen to have the remains of one that I acquired form a Friend's estate... not sure whether I'll keep it as a tribute (though I have plenty of other stuff for that...) or repurpose it for said hopper... decisions...

Womby, if you happened to acquire the Airfix Katy Ambulance, you could always turn it into a NAAFI truck... just saying...